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The Zippo Lighter and the Last Cigarette
The Zippo lighter and the last cigarette. Six thirty in the morning, the coffee is fresh and hot from the pot. The zippo is on the table beside the cigarette. Taking a careful sip of the coffee, the cigarette comes next. When lit, a long pull of air inwards, then a long exhale. That’s it,…
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Relinquish
Relinquish Disconnected and knowing of rueNot a part of it with naught to doOnce innocent and whole, as if newRelinquish, with the feeling of blueA dream and yearning greatly thrivingSuddenly changed at pain arrivingLost, losing and not far from spentAnd so relinquish, the faith lentLone is standing and silent awaitsA familiar set that never hesitatesOnce…
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That’s How You Know It’s Working
That’s How You Know It’s Working Got a scrape on my elbow yesterday. Nothing major, just a standard scrape. So, I decided to use that spray in the first aid kit, you know the one? The anti-bacterial it’s gonna sting like a bee spray? Did the spray, and it stung like a bee, and that’s…
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The Lovely Lady
The Lovely Lady So beautiful and lovely in every way Wonderful and amazing As the dawn of a new day Darling one so magical and fair Dream of my heart that I seek everwhere Sweetly precious, wondrous and kind With her, happiness and my heart entwined My soul thrill, and the hot joy I feel…